A very adorable and simple video for Dutch children’s education charity, Kinderpostzegels. The simple innocent character design along with the quirky music will bring a smile to anyone’s face. Partnered with the Dutch postal service, the charity project involves selling stamps branded with these cute guys. Christian Borstlap is responsible for this great project.

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I‘m a sucker for most industrial art or anything that contains a mechanism of sorts. And I must say this kinetic sculpture is just plain sexy. The piece is comprised of 714 metal spheres hanging from thin steel wires attached to individually controlled stepper motors. The forms are quite chaotic at first but soon organize and hint at the outlines of BMW automobiles such as the 327, the 1500, the Z4 coupé and the Mille Miglia 2006. The cycle is synchronized with projected texts and audio quotes on BMW’s values and design aims. If you haven’t already guessed the piece is part of the BMW Museum in Munich, Germany.

Check out a great “making of” video and some more stills here.

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Absolutely stunning music video for Ramona Falls single “I Say Fever.” A wonderfully creepy mood is set to follow the great music. I’ve always been a big fan of woodcut style illustrations but to see them brought to life is something else. As of right now I’ve watched it probably ten times — maybe twenty by the end of the night. The animation is by the imaginative Stefan Nadelman.

Not only is the song great the but their energy and overall gorgeous sound continues through the entire album. There’s no doubt this will have a very well deserved spot on my “top 2009 albums” list.

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I had seen this wonderful video a couple days ago but neglected to post anything about it. Upon revisiting the video — then on Vimeo — I found it had been deleted. Luckily, a kind person from Hungary has posted the video.

Tilt-shift techniques have been done quite a bit, however, I felt the execution, subject matter, editing, and music just made HP’s video stand above the rest. The great song used in the video, titled “Rescue Song”, was created by Mr. Little Jeans.

This video has been traveling the inter-webs for awhile now but is one I’ve just come across. This animation, created by Mike Winkelmann, is a great visual commentary on America’s socioeconomic situation in one sweet little package. Mike had this to say:

“The video was meant to illustrate the cyclical nature of the economy, which at its root is fueled by an insatiable push for ‘more, bigger, better,’ until it becomes no longer sustainable, and the bubble bursts—as we have recently seen.”

Mike drafted the band Nobot for the great soundtrack.

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Discovered this great video in researching custom blackletter type. Gabriel Martínez Meave gives a demonstration on the creation of the blackletter forms. Granted, there isn’t any dialogue, but you get the gist of what’s going on by watching it. It’s always great to see a “making of” video. If there is one thing I got from the short clip, it is how these great forms are created from the fluidity and restraint of the hand.

Many of you have probably heard of the switch from Sci Fi to Syfy but I thought I’d post the great idents and infographics. The branding was handled by Proud Creative who partnered with ManvsMachine for the onscreen graphics and Chester Jenkins of Village to develop a bespoke type family.

SyFy has encountered much criticism with the re-brand but I for one have no problem with it. In fact, it’s quite welcome — the new identity is fresh and provides a more ambiguous look to the channel with many of their programs branching from the traditional space/science fiction genre. Check out SyFy.com for another look at the branding (and some good shows).

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This video just gets me more hyped than I already am. For the longest time I’ve been wanting to do a project and have it printed via letterpress. I may just make up some random card of some sort and spend the money just to see the result. Anyway, this is a great video of a Kluge 12×18 automatic letterpress. Just watching all the churning mechanisms chug along like a steam engine is fantastic. Not to mention the great engineering of this thing.

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